Released in 1992, Honey's Dead is the fourth studio album by the Scottish

United Kingdom

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 rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain are a Scottish alternative rock band formed in East Kilbride, Glasgow in 1983. The band revolves around the songwriting partnership of brothers Jim and William Reid...

 on Blanco y Negro Records

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. The title refers to one of the band's early hits, "Just Like Honey

Just Like Honey

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", and is intended to demonstrate a complete departure from their earlier musical style.

The album's first single, "Reverence

Reverence

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", attracted some controversy for the lyrics "I want to die just like Jesus Christ", and "I want to die just like JFK

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". Banned by Top of the Pops

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, the track received airplay in the United States on the alternative radio stations.

Honey's Dead was recorded in the band's London studio, the aptly named "Drugstore", with accomplished engineer Flood and future JaMC producer Alan Moulder

Alan Moulder

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 on board (not to mention a considerably larger bankroll).

Alternative and campus radio

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 stations picked up "Far Gone and Out" which remains one of the band's most popular singles to date, peaking at #23 in the band's native UK. The Mary Chain shared the bill during parts of Lollapalooza

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 1992 in the U.S. with Pearl Jam

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, Soundgarden

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, Ministry

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, Lush

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, Ice Cube

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 and the Red Hot Chili Peppers

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. Anheuser Busch even used the samples of "Sugar Ray" as a background bed for their Bud Ice television commercials in 1993.

Honey's Dead was shortlisted for the 1992 Mercury Music Prize.
The album posts a close second in sales to (1994) release Stoned & Dethroned

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(which contains the hit single "Sometimes Always

Sometimes Always

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" with Hope Sandoval

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 of Mazzy Star

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). The Reid Brothers alternate between singing duties on tracks (most likely coinciding with songwriting duties).

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Reid

Jim Reid

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 and William Reid

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.

LP (BYN 26) and Cassette (BYNC 26)
Side 1

1. "Reverence" - 3:40
2. "Teenage Lust" - 3:05
3. "Far Gone and Out
   Far Gone and Out
   "Far Gone and Out" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the 2nd single from the group's album Honey's Dead...
   
   " - 2:49
4. "Almost Gold
   Almost Gold (song)
   "Almost Gold" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the third single from the group's album Honey's Dead...
   
   " - 3:17
5. "Sugar Ray" - 4:37
6. "Tumbledown" - 4:10

Side 2

1. "Catchfire" - 4:47
2. "Good for My Soul" - 3:01
3. "Rollercoaster" - 3:46
4. "I Can't Get Enough" - 2:57
5. "Sundown" - 4:58
6. "Frequency" - 1:58

CD (BYNCD 26)

1. "Reverence" - 3:40
2. "Teenage Lust" - 3:05
3. "Far Gone and Out
   Far Gone and Out
   "Far Gone and Out" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the 2nd single from the group's album Honey's Dead...
   
   " - 2:49
4. "Almost Gold
   Almost Gold (song)
   "Almost Gold" is a song by the Scottish alternative rock group The Jesus and Mary Chain and the third single from the group's album Honey's Dead...
   
   " - 3:17
5. "Sugar Ray" - 4:37
6. "Tumbledown" - 4:10
7. "Catchfire" - 4:47
8. "Good for My Soul" - 3:01
9. "Rollercoaster" - 3:46
10. "I Can't Get Enough" - 2:57
11. "Sundown" - 4:58
12. "Frequency" - 1:58

The Jesus and Mary Chain

• Jim Reid
  Jim Reid
  Jim Reid is the lead singer for the alternative rock band The Jesus and Mary Chain, which he formed with his elder brother and guitarist William Reid -The Jesus and Mary Chain:...
  
   - vocals
  Singing
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   (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9), guitar
  Guitar
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  , producer
  Record producer
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• William Reid
  William Reid (musician)
  William Adam Reid is a guitarist, composer and, at times, singer for the Scottish alternative rock band, The Jesus and Mary Chain.-The Jesus and Mary Chain:...
  
   - vocals (tracks 4, 7, 10, 11, 12), guitar, producer
• Steve Monti - drums
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  , percussion

Additional personnel

• Alan Moulder
  Alan Moulder
  Alan Moulder is one of Britain's premier alternative rock record producers. He has worked with such artists as Depeche Mode, Erasure, Elastica, Gary Numan, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Curve, Ride, Lush and My Bloody Valentine, Lostprophets, Shihad, Ivyrise and Placebo, as well as with many American...
  
   - engineer
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   (except track 9), mixing
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• Flood - engineer (track 9)
• Andy Catlin - photography